Patrick Adamson

Patrick Adamson (March 1537-10 February 1592) was Archbishop of St. Andrews from 1575 to 1592, succeeding John Douglas and preceding George Gledstanes.

Biography
Patrick Adamson was born in Perth, Scotland in 1537. He studied at St. Andrews before becoming one of the first Protestant ministers of the Church of Scotland after the Reformation, travelling to France and Geneva. He was appointed Archbishop of St. Andrews in 1575, and he visited England from 1583 to 1584 and was a persistent champion of episcopacy against the doctrinaire Presbyterians. This won him favor from James VI as well as inevitable hostility from Andrew Melville. A series of political blunders and mounting complaints against him steadily undermined the King's support after 1588; in 1591, a broken man, Adamson made a humiliating recantation to his opponents.